bigip_device_trust - Manage the trust relationships between BIG-IPs

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis

  • Manage the trust relationships between BIG-IPs. Devices, once peered, cannot be updated. If updating is needed, the peer must first be removed before it can be re-added to the trust.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • f5-sdk >= 3.0.9
  • netaddr

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
password
required
The password for the user account used to connect to the BIG-IP. You can omit this option if the environment variable F5_PASSWORD is set.

aliases: pass, pwd
peer_hostname
The hostname that you want to associate with the device. This value will be used to easily distinguish this device in BIG-IP configuration. If not specified, the value of peer_server will be used as a default.
peer_password
The password of the API username of the remote peer device that you are trusting. If this value is not specified, then the value of password, or the environment variable F5_PASSWORD will be used.
peer_server
required
The peer address to connect to and trust for synchronizing configuration. This is typically the management address of the remote device, but may also be a Self IP.
peer_user
The API username of the remote peer device that you are trusting. Note that the CLI user cannot be used unless it too has an API account. If this value is not specified, then the value of user, or the environment variable F5_USER will be used.
provider
(added in 2.5)
 Default:
None
A dict object containing connection details.
ssh_keyfile
Specifies the SSH keyfile to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This argument is only used for cli transports. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE will be used instead.
timeout Default:
10
Specifies the timeout in seconds for communicating with the network device for either connecting or sending commands. If the timeout is exceeded before the operation is completed, the module will error.
server
required
The BIG-IP host. You can omit this option if the environment variable F5_SERVER is set.
user
required
The username to connect to the BIG-IP with. This user must have administrative privileges on the device. You can omit this option if the environment variable F5_USER is set.
server_port Default:
443
The BIG-IP server port. You can omit this option if the environment variable F5_SERVER_PORT is set.
password
required
The password for the user account used to connect to the BIG-IP. You can omit this option if the environment variable F5_PASSWORD is set.

aliases: pass, pwd
validate_certs
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
If no, SSL certificates will not be validated. Use this only on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates. You can omit this option if the environment variable F5_VALIDATE_CERTS is set.
transport
required
    Choices:
  • rest
  • cli ←
Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the remote device.
server
required
The BIG-IP host. You can omit this option if the environment variable F5_SERVER is set.
server_port
(added in 2.2)
 Default:
443
The BIG-IP server port. You can omit this option if the environment variable F5_SERVER_PORT is set.
state
    Choices:
  • absent
  • present ←
When present, ensures the specified devices are trusted.
When absent, removes the device trusts.
type
    Choices:
  • peer ←
  • subordinate
Specifies whether the device you are adding is a Peer or a Subordinate. The default is peer.
The difference between the two is a matter of mitigating risk of compromise.
A subordinate device cannot sign a certificate for another device.
In the case where the security of an authority device in a trust domain is compromised, the risk of compromise is minimized for any subordinate device.
Designating devices as subordinate devices is recommended for device groups with a large number of member devices, where the risk of compromise is high.
user
required
The username to connect to the BIG-IP with. This user must have administrative privileges on the device. You can omit this option if the environment variable F5_USER is set.
validate_certs
(added in 2.0)
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
If no, SSL certificates will not be validated. Use this only on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates. You can omit this option if the environment variable F5_VALIDATE_CERTS is set.

Notes

Note

Examples

- name: Add trusts for all peer devices to Active device
  bigip_device_trust:
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    user: admin
    password: secret
    peer_server: "{{ item.ansible_host }}"
    peer_hostname: "{{ item.inventory_hostname }}"
    peer_user: "{{ item.bigip_username }}"
    peer_password: "{{ item.bigip_password }}"
  with_items: hostvars
  when: inventory_hostname in groups['master']
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key Returned Description
peer_hostname
string
 changed
The remote hostname used to identify the trusted peer.

Sample:
test-bigip-02.localhost.localdomain
peer_server
string
 changed
The remote IP address of the trusted peer.

Sample:
10.0.2.15


Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Author

  • Tim Rupp (@caphrim007)

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